Slusher was in Noble County Court on Monday before Judge Lucien C. Young III.

According to reports from the Noble County Sheriff's Office, at approximately 11:45 p.m. Friday, deputies were called to Jackson Township Road 7, where they found Mark Murphy, 42, of Bedford, who had suffered a gunshot wound to his right shoulder.

"Allegations are that Mark Murphy went to his neighbor's house. According to the victim, he knocked on the door of Slusher's house. Slusher exited the house and some kind of encounter resulted in Murphy being shot," said Detective Stephen Hannum.